Known for
Acting
Birthplace
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Born in Cape Breton, raised on Prince Edward Island, and based in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Jenina MacGillivray’s songs and stories are deeply located on the islands of Atlantic Canada. With a voice that “evokes another era” MacGillivray’s songs are wistful, and longing — she sings of lost loves in Portugal, the Isle of Wight, and the American Southwest — but also intimately familiar. She brings the same dreamy colouring to her songs about her friendships in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Basin Head, PEI, and St. John’s.
MacGillivray’s other life as a filmmaker becomes obvious through her songwriting she is often “on location”, focused on images of comings and goings with an old camera, and an app...
2025
Original Music Composer
2020
as Singer 1
2016
Director, Writer, Producer
2015
Director, Writer, Associate Producer, Foley Artist
2014
as Mother
2014
Director, Writer
2013
Props
2010
2009
as Friend, Makeup Artist, Costumer